Lehár’s “Cloclo” (1924) On CD & DVD From The Ischl Festival And Ohio Light Opera
Franz Lehár’s 1924 operetta Cloclo is not one of his more famous titles, and it hasn’t stayed in the repertoire
read moreFranz Lehár’s 1924 operetta Cloclo is not one of his more famous titles, and it hasn’t stayed in the repertoire
read moreIt wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that this first ever CD release of Die lustige Witwe with the 1906/7
read moreIt doesn’t happen often that an operetta composer gets that much attention in the general media, certainly the Germany language
read moreThe only way I can describe my reaction to this attractively packaged new Franz Lehár reader, published to coincide with
read moreIt’s Franz Lehár’s 150th birthday coming up in April, and various authors and publishing houses are getting ready to celebrate
read moreIt’s a daring and adventurous undertaking: while everyone else is busy with “The (New) Twenties” these days, Komische Oper Berlin
read moreOne of the more joyous things about recent new studies on musicals is the fact that they include operettas, without
read moreThe Rotter brothers, Fritz and Alfred, were the most prominent private theater directors during the Weimar Republic before losing everything
read moreThe operetta festival in Bad Ischl has ended its 2019 summer season with an 8 percent increase in audience numbers,
read moreIt’s a pretty grand claim to make: “With their multi-media stage show Operetta Made in Austria stage stars Ildiko Raimondi
read moreThe staging of musical-dramatic works in the late nineteenth century was dominated by operetta, which effectively dictated the programmes of
read moreConsidering that there are not that many new books on operetta in English, one must greet Derek B. Scott’s fresh-off-the-press
read moreIn August 2019, Northern Ireland Opera presents an Offenbach Bicentenary Festival. The choice of shows for this festival is remarkable, because
read moreBigger is not automatically better, some claim, and that’s especially true for operetta, or operetta festivals. So just because the
read moreThe original composer chosen für Die lustige Witwe by authors Leo Stein and Victor Léon was: Richard Heuberger. After he
read moreThe Ischl Lehár Festival has announced what you may expect in 2019 – with the new artistic director Thomas Enzinger.
read moreFirst, I learned that Michael and Nan Miller had bequeathed their extraordinary Operetta Archive to the University of California at
read moreLast week the international operetta research world gathered in Leeds for a conference which was – nothing short of remarkable!
read moreKálmán composed Kaiserin Josephine after his ‘regular’ first night theater, the Theater an der Wien, had gone bankrupt as a
read moreYou know it’s Korngold alright from the very first bars: it’s an explosion of sound, hyper-intense like the opening of
read moreWhen I first heard of this book I got really excited: the famous S. Fischer publishing house would release a
read moreEine der bekanntesten und weit verbreiteten Gavotten ist die „Stephanie-Gavotte“, op. 312 von Alfons Czibulka. Diese wurde 1880 der Prinzessin
read moreYes, they are very famous and widely known: Lehár’s operettas as recorded by the Nazis, often with stellar casts, offering
read moreRecently, a review of a new Land des Lächelns production by Guy Montavon at Oper Wuppertal sparked a debate about
read moreEnterprising Ohio Light Opera, ever devoted to ‘authentic’ productions from the world of musical comedy and operetta, seems to go
read moreIf you’re following the Operetta Research Center news feeds you will have heard of tenor Maximilian Mayer before: he was
read moreEveryone knows that Lehár had a not-so-secret longing for the ‘grand operatic’ and devoted the latter part of his long
read moreThis is one of those publications that should have made a big splash – but didn’t. Back in 2009, Marion
read moreWe recently ran an article on “Operetta in the Third Reich,” reporting on the new book of the same title
read moreVictor Léon (1858-1940) hat im Lauf seiner mehr als fünfzigjährigen Theater-Karriere über hundert Bühnenstücke geschrieben, knapp die Hälfte davon wird
read moreLast weekend, the Royal Musical Association devoted one of its study days to what has controversially been described as the
read moreHas operetta research shifted gear? One could think so, considering that there are finally in-depth academic studies coming out that
read moreThe Lehár Festival in Ischl just presented a new production of Fred Raymond’s Saison in Salzburg – as a colorful
read moreEarly Lehár operetta seems to be en vogue this season, on record at least. Here is a new release on
read moreViennese operetta at the beginning of the 20th century was a genre in transition, claims Stefan Frey in an essay
read moreIf you grew up as a kid in Germany, you probably learned early from a famous TV program to always
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